Kilglass

112 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kilglass, from 40 m² to 169,039 m² (16.9 ha, 41.77 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 29 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Kilglass in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 27 Apr 2026N/a

  to decommission existing septic tank and percolation area serving existing school buildings and replace with new wastewater treatment system and Ter 3 Packaged Tertiary Unit and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2660645

• 24 Nov 2025Conditional

  for the installation of a new single-storey building at Kilglass National School. The building will consist of 2 no. classrooms and associated facilities and a has a gross floor area of 200.3sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 2561722

• 24 Aug 2023Conditional

  to reconstruct & extend dwellinghouse, construct new domestic garage, install new treatment plant, polishing filter & all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 2361000

• 11 Oct 2022Conditional

  of: 1) an existing 5-bed dwelling of 228.8 sqm & detached garage of 50.2 sqm on a site with revised boundaries, a revised finished floor levels & a revised area to the garage to that previously approved under planning reference number 03-2205, 2) existing storage shed of 24.8 sqm . Gross floor space of work to be retained: 228.8 sqm (house), 50.2 sqm (garage) 24.8 sqm (shed)

  Retention, 1 home · Galway County Council, 221102

• 16 Dec 2021Unconditional

  for erection of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated site services (gross floor space dwelling 190sqm; garage 55sqm)

  Extension of duration · Galway County Council, 212394

• 19 Aug 2021Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 243.55 sqm.

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 211514

• 21 Sept 2020Refused

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 243.55 sqm

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 201346

• 20 Dec 2019Conditional

  for new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with wastewater treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 362.45 sqm (House - 304.09 sqm, Garage - 58.36 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191995

• 2 Aug 2019Conditional

  to construct a new dwelling house, domestic garage / fuel store with wastewater treatment system, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works: 277.03 sqm (House - 227.32 sqm, Garage - 49.71 sqm)

  Permission, 1 home · Galway County Council, 191215

• 12 Apr 2018Conditional

  to install a temporary prefabricated classroom with ensuite toilets and associated siteworks. Gross floor space of proposed works 80sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18439

• 26 Mar 2018Conditional

  to construct an additional classroom with ensuite toilets and a universal access toilet for assisted users. Gross floor space of proposed works 111 sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 18383

• 6 Oct 2017Conditional

  for a) Construction of a workshop building 503.77m2, b) Partial demolition of existing commercial unit, c) Retention of remainder commercial unit 312.48m2, d) Alteration to the front elevation of existing commercial unit to be retained, e) Alteration to the existing site entrance, f) Signage at proposed main entrance, g) Alterations to North/West boundary, h) Retention of existing palisade fencing & flag poles to North /East boundary wall, i) Construction of treatment plant, percolation area and all associated site works. Gross floor space of proposed works 503.77sqm, retention 312.48sqm, demolition 115.56sqm.

  Permission · Galway County Council, 171452

• 20 Jan 2017Conditional

  to construct a link corridor & toilet/changing area for special needs to join the two existing school buildings for the purpose of improved student welfare. Gross floor space of proposed works: 64sqm

  Permission · Galway County Council, 1734

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Kilglass.

Recorded monuments

• GA061-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  On N-facing slope of a hillock. On inspection in February 1985, this poorly preserved subcircular rath (E-W c. 35m, N-S c. 30m) was defined by a degraded scarp from SW through N to NE. No visible surface trace survived elsewhere. A field bank curved around the monument from NE to SW. The interior was densely overgrown. On re-inspection in October 2001, the monument was completely fenced off. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 16 August 2023

• GA061-095 Enclosure
  Description

  In gently undulating pastureland. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 20m). Apart from a very slight rise in ground level along its NE limits, no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-096 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1915) as a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 36m, E-W c. 32m). The monument was levelled in 1981, according to local information, and all that survives is a very faint scarp from SW through N to SE. A CBG (GA061-096001-) is associated. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-096001 Children's burial ground
  Description

  Within an enclosure (GA061-096-----). No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 09 August 2010

• GA061-097 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1915) as a roughly circular enclosure (D c. 30m). Apart from a slight scarp at WSW and traces of an external fosse indicated by a band of nettle growth, no visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-098 Enclosure
  Description

  On level ground. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1915) as a subcircular enclosure (N-S c. 40m, E-W c. 35m). Apart from a slight rise in ground level, no visible surface trace survives. A pit has been quarried out at W. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

• GA061-099 House - 20th century
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• South Park, house, 1750–1770 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1760, having two-bay return elevations. Hipped slate roof with dressed stone chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills. Elliptical-headed entrance having cut limestone doorcase comprising pilasters, lintel and cornice, with carved timber panelled door and cobweb fanlight. Set within own grounds, with outbuildings to north.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Kilglass, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1208 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

• Kilglass, Ahascragh9 sales

Name

Kilglass · An Choill Ghlas

Area

1,864,591 m² (186.46 ha, 460.75 acres)

Civil parish

Ahascragh, and its townlands

Barony

Clonmacnowen

Electoral division

Clonbrock, the unit of the census

Census 2022

606 people lived in 209 households in the Clonbrock electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ahascragh West, Ballybaun, Ballyboggan, Clooncannon (Dillon), Clooncannon (Kelly), Cornamucklagh, Derrymore, Mountain, Weston

Placenames

Kilglass on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.